11-04-2023 PARIS: Six skiers, including two guides, have died after being caught in an avalanche in the French Alps on Sunday. The disaster happened at the Armancette glacier, near Mont Blanc in south-eastern France, at about midday local time. It was a sunny day and skiing conditions had been described …

11-04-2023 LOUISVILLE: Five people are dead and eight others, including a police officer, are injured following a mass shooting at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday morning, according to police. The lone gunman opened fire in the Old National Bank’s first-floor conference room at about 8:30 a.m. local time, …

11-04-2023 LHASA: The Dalai Lama has apologized after footage showed him asking a boy if he wanted to suck the Tibetan spiritual leader’s tongue. His office said he wanted to apologize to the child and his family “for the hurt his words may have caused”. The video also shows the …

11-04-2023 ROME: A vessel with around 400 migrants and refugees onboard is adrift between Italy and Malta as it awaits rescue from Italian coastguard, according to sea rescue support service Alarm Phone. People onboard the vessel told Alarm Phone in a distress call on Sunday that the boat had been …

11-04-2023 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report KARACHI/ QUETTA: Four people have been killed after a bomb attack targeted a police vehicle in the western Pakistani city of Quetta. “A police vehicle was targeted in the Qandhari Bazar area of the city. Among the dead, two are police officials whereas …

11-04-2023 NEW JERSEY/ TORONTO: An imam was stabbed on Sunday while he was leading Fajr prayers at a mosque in Paterson, New Jersey by a man who was caught by the worshippers, a spokesperson for the mosque said. According to the local officials, the imam is now in stable condition …

10-04-2023 AMMAN: Amid brutality carried out by the Israeli forces during the holy month of Ramadan, Jordan has warned Israel of catastrophic consequences if its forces stormed the Al-Aqsa mosque again, CNN reported on Saturday. Videos emerged on social media showing Israeli police firing and ransacking the mosque alongside beating …

10-04-2023 RIYADH: Saudi and Omani delegations arrived in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, Houthi-run media said on Sunday, to negotiate a permanent ceasefire deal with Houthi officials and end Riyadh’s military involvement in the country’s long-running war. The visit indicates progress in the Oman-mediated consultations between Riyadh and Sanaa, which run in …

10-04-2023 WASHINGTON/ DUBAI: The US Navy has said on Saturday that it has deployed a nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine in the Middle East in the wake of heightening tensions with Iran, reported Bloomberg on Saturday. Commander Timothy Hawkins said in a statement that The USS Florida entered the region on Thursday …

10-04-2023 Bureau Report + BBC NEW DELHI: Indian trains ran over more than 13,000 cattle in 2022 according to data released by the government. This is up 24% from 2019, when 10,609 cattle were hit by trains, according to numbers shared by nine of 17 railway zones in India with …